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(No Model.)

A. PESTER.

NOTE AND MEMORANDUM BOOK, &

IN'VENTOR ATTORNEYS.

Patented Aug. 25, 1885. Fig.1

WITNESSES 1 2% iTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPH PESTER, OF BROOKLYN, NEWV YORK.

NOTE AND MEMORANDUM BOOK, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,008, dated August 25, 1885.

Application filed March 10, 1895. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH PESTER, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Note and Memorandum Books, &c., of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in note, memorandum, and address books, toilet and sewing cases, &c.; and the object of my invention is to provide a new and simple fastening for keeping them closed.

The invention consists in a note or memorandum book, toilet, sewing, or other case, provided with a flap to rest on the front, and with a pocket or loop on its front for receiving a pencil or other object which rests upon the flap and holds the same on the front of the book, &c.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate cor responding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of a notebook provided with my improvement, the book being closed. Fig. 2 is a front View of the same opened.

The book A is provided at one end with a flap, B, adapted to be folded on the front 0 of the book. On the front 0 of the book a loop or pocket, D, for receiving a pencil, E, pen-holder, &c., is formed either diagonal or in the direction from end to end.

To fasten the book the flap B is folded on the front 0, and the pencil E is passed through the loop or pocket D in such a mannor that part of the pencil rests upon the flaps B and holds the same down on the front O, thus keeping the book closed.

If desired, the flap B may be formed on the side and the pocket D may be arranged to extend from side to side. In place of the pencil, scissors, tweezers, rules, &c., may be passed into the pocket or loop, and the abovedescribed fastening can be used for toilet, sewing, or surgical cases and all kinds of note and memorandum books.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A note or memorandum book, or toilet, sewing, or other case having a flap that can be folded over the front of the book or case, and a pocket or loop for receiving a pencil, which pocket is on the front of the book or case adjacent to that part of the frontoverlapped by the flap, thus permitting of passing a pencil through the pocket or loop and resting part of the pencil upon the flap to hold the flap on the face of the book or case, substantially as herein shown and described.

ADOLP H PESTEH.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ. EDGAR TATE. 

